My brother in-law did several tours over there and told me one of the favorite places to hide the roadside bombs was the body of a dead animal (donkey or camel)Hard to imagine how badly it must suck to live or serve there!

When I first got to the Pech river valley, that was one of the items I was briefed on... Donkey (IED) bombs. its a very real threat. the donkeys are trained to run routes thru villages or anywhere all by themselves. a Taliban gets ahold of one and stuffs his pack full of explosives and sends him on his way... BOOM! creepy as hell!